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Ministry of Communications
India Post Payments Bank cautions its customers from Cyber Frauds
IPPB does periodical updating of customer identification data post account opening
Due to the rise in multiple fraudulent activities where fraudsters open fake accounts in the name of villagers, tribals and not so literate people by giving an impression that account holders would get monetary benefits under various government schemes, bank account holders need to be careful while sharing their personal details with unknown persons. These accounts are used for illegal money transactions in various cyber-crimes beyond the knowledge of the actual account holders.
IPPB further advise that,
- Customers should not use mobile number of any third person for bank account opening.
- Customers are advised not to accept or send any money without knowing the genuineness of transaction.
§Customers are advised not to share control of their bank account like sharing of their mobile banking details with unknown persons to transact on their behalf.
- Customers are advised not to share their IPPB account details with people luring job offers or people offering opportunity to make easy money via social media.
Customers should verify the company and person before transacting with or sending money
IPPB does periodical updating of customer identification data post account opening & their transactions are also monitored in order to protect them from misuse by such fraudsters.
About India Post Payments Bank
India Post Payments Bank  has been established under the Department of Posts, Ministry of Communication with 100% equity owned by Government of India. IPPB was launched by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on September 1, 2018. The bank has been set up with the vision to build the most accessible, affordable and trusted bank for the common man in India. The fundamental mandate of India Post Payments Bank is to remove barriers for the unbanked & underbanked and reach the last mile leveraging the Postal network comprising 155,000 Post Offices  and 300,000 Postal employees.
IPPB’s reach and its operating model is built on the key pillars of India Stack - enabling Paperless, Cashless and Presence-less banking in a simple and secure manner at the customers' doorstep, through a CBS-integrated smartphone and biometric device. Leveraging frugal innovation and with a high focus on ease of banking for the masses, IPPB delivers simple and affordable banking solutions through intuitive interfaces available in 13 languages.
IPPB is committed to provide a fillip to a less cash economy and contribute to the vision of Digital India. India will prosper when every citizen will have equal opportunity to become financially secure and empowered. Our motto stands true - Every customer is important; every transaction is significant and every deposit is valuable.
For more details, please contact: marketing@ippbonline.in
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Let us work as ‘Team India’ to put the country among Top 10 sporting nations in the world – Anurag Thakur
Union Minister chairs the Sports Ministers Conference in Kevadiya, Gujarat ; emphasizes on unified Centre – State efforts to improve sports infrastructure and empower athletes
Kevadiya | 24 June 2022
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Thakur has called for unified approach by the Centre and the states to strengthen sports eco-system and propel India to rank among top 10 sporting nations in the world. The Minister was speaking at the inauguration of the two day National Conference of Ministers of Youth Affairs & Sports of States and Union Territories at Kevadiya in Gujarat. Shri Thakur said “sports and players will progress if states and Centre create strategies and infrastructure and organize events and competitions together with the spirit of ‘Team India.’ Hence there is a need to imbibe national vision looking beyond the state boundaries”.
The Union Minister urged the state Sports Ministers and officials attending the National Conference to use the occasion as a knowledge sharing platform and bring to the fore best practices of every state so as to build a unified approach to strengthen the sports ecosystem in the country. "There are several common issues that all states face when trying to develop sports and there are some common solutions that can be found through deliberations.” he added.
The Minister said deliberations at the Conference would also focus on expanding the scope of Khelo India Games by discussing feasibility of holding Khelo India Tribal Games etc. There is also a proposal to extend the Khelo India League games to several other games on the lines of Archery League, Hockey League etc. When there are more events, players will get chance to showcase their talent and also to progress further” he added.
Various other aspects of Khelo India Scheme like Geo-Tagging of Playfields, Training Centres/Academies in the States, Talent Identification & Development through Sports Competitions, Promotion of Sports for women, persons with disability, Tribals & Rural Areas, Indigenous Games and Importance of Education and Awareness on Anti-Doping, Building the ecosystem for Sports Support Professionals among others are being deliberated during the Conference.
Gujarat Sports Minister Harsh Sanghvi in his opening remarks said "each of us present here have come to represent a particular state. We may have different issues and different strengths, but I am sure that when the conference is concluded, at the end of the two days, we will be ready to work as one team - Team India”.
Ministers of Youth Affairs and Sports from 15 states, Smt. Sujata Chaturvedi, Secretary Sports, Government of India and Shri. Sanjay Kumar, Secretary Youth Affairs, Government of India and senior officials of the Sports Department of 33 states and union territories are attending the Conference.
Prime Minister's Office
PM salutes doctors on the occasion of Doctors’ Day
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has saluted doctors on the occasion of Doctors’ Day.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, "India salutes our doctors- exceptional care givers who are at the forefront of a spirited fight against COVID-19. doctorsday2020.”
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Assistance to Tribal Students for pursuing higher education
Ministry of Tribal Affairs provides scholarships to students belonging to Scheduled Tribes  for pursuing higher education at Graduate/ Post Graduate level in the fields such as Engineering, Information Technology etc. in identified Institutions of excellence under the scheme ‘National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education of ST students’. Financial assistance under the scheme is provided directly to beneficiaries and concerned institutions. The details of funds released for ‘Scholarship for Higher Education of ST students’ for pursuing higher education and beneficiaries covered in the country, including Jharkhand and Gujarat during the last three years and the current year are follows:-

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1849.85
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1850
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1552.32
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1017
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687.75
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490
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506.80
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552
Apart from Top Class Institutes covered by the above scheme, Post Matric Scholarship  scheme for STs also include all Engineering, Science, Medical colleges for Graduate and Post Graduate level courses. The details of funds released to State Governments of Jharkhand and Gujarat under the Scheme Post Matric Scholarship for STs during the last three years and the current year are as under:-
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Gujarat
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3929.23
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218570
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5520.40
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163989
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22040.27
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192322
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12626.74
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4927.23
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81768
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8148.39
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63029
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1292.50
Under the scheme ‘National Overseas Scholarship to STs for higher studies abroad’, this Ministry provides financial assistance to selected students to pursue higher studies in an accredited university/ institution abroad. The selected students are properly advised about the requisite documentation and other requirements and they are guided by the Ministry to facilitate their further studies abroad.
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Shri Jaswantsinh Bhabhor in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM Shri Narendra Modi meets Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Member of the Malaysian Parliament
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Member of the Malaysian Parliament, and Leader of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat Party of Malaysia, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.
Mr. Ibrahim was accompanied by two Members of the Malaysian Parliament, Hon. Kesavan Subramanian and Hon. Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu.
The Prime Minister congratulated Mr. Ibrahim on his recent election as President of the PKR Party. The Prime Minister fondly recalled their last meeting in Malaysia in May 2018. The Prime Minister also conveyed his warm regards to H. E. Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia.
The two leaders discussed bilateral, regional and global matters of mutual interest.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Special Campaign 3.0 in full swing in Department of Personnel & Training  to achieve efficiency in decision making and disposal of pending items
290 office sites identified for Cleanliness drive and waste disposal by DOPT and its Organizations
Constant Review of public grievances, appeals, Assurances and inter divisional references
Efficient Record management by review of physical records, weeding out of old files as per retention schedule and renovation of record room
Department of Personnel & Training , along with its Attached/ Sub-ordinate organizations, is taking significant steps to conduct various activities as part of Special Campaign 3.0 to foster cleanliness, reduction in pendency of public grievances, promoting digitalization and enhancing efficiency in decision making through good governance initiatives.
The advance preparations for special campaign commenced from 15th September, 2023 and in a time bound manner, all organizations in DOPT are enthusiastically carrying out their campaign related activities leading to enhancement of workplace experience, promoting a happier workplace and better management of resources.
The Department has identified thousands of physical files for review during the Special Campaign 3.0. So far, after review of records, more than twenty thousand old physical records/files have been identified for weeding out in terms of record retention schedule. DOPT has also set its target in respect of disposal of e-waste, old vehicles and other redundant items, as part of Special Campaign 3.0.
EHRMS 2.0 has been identified as the key digital service delivery enabler for integrated service delivery and enhancing employee satisfaction. Several other initiatives such as deployment of surplus manpower, enhancing probity in public life and simplification of HR policy instructions are being constantly strengthened to ensure better management and continuous capacity building of Human Resources across the Government.
The Special Campaign 3.0 commenced from 2nd Oct. 2023 and is scheduled to continue up to 31st Oct. 2023 under the constant monitoring of Heads of different organizations who have, taken a keen personal interest in the campaign activities thereby enthusing the workforce involved and ensuring success of the Special Campaign 3.0 in letter and spirit.
Prime Minister's Office
U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo calls on Prime Minister
U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo called on Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi this morning.
Secretary Pompeo conveyed greetings of President Trump to the Prime Minister and congratulated the Prime Minister on his electoral victory.
The Prime Minister thanked Secretary Pompeo for his warm greetings and requested him to convey his thanks also to President Trump for his good wishes.
The Prime Minister reiterated the priority that he attaches to relations with the U.S. and outlined his vision for the Strategic Partnership in the new tenure of the Government and beyond, building on strong foundation of trust and shared interest.
Secretary Pompeo expressed the U.S. Government’s continued interest in building stronger relations with India and working together to realize the shared vision and goals.
The Prime Minister expressed his strong commitment to achieve the full potential of bilateral relations in trade and economy, energy, defence, counter-terrorism and people-to-people contacts.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh says, "Science Leaders" are needed to drive the integration of science and technological development to address the needs of the citizen and the sector
The Minister addresses the launch of “Building Science Leaders Program” in New Delhi
It is important for scientists to be at the forefront of their work and hone competencies to deliver science for the public good: Dr Jitendra Singh
Union Minister of State  Science & Technology; Minister of State  Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today said, "Science Leaders" are needed to drive the integration of science and technological development within society in a way that places science in position to address the needs of the citizen and the sector.
Addressing after the launch of “Building Science Leaders Program '' , Dr Jitendra Singh said, for government service delivery, it is important for scientists to be at the forefront of their work and hone competencies to deliver science for the public good.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, science & technology sector in India further has an emphasis on deriving social good, one good example of this is use of remote sensing technology for life saving cyclone predictions in coastal areas. Similarly, technology such as United Payment Interface built on India Stack is revolutionising payment for everyone. UPI is the world′s only API-driven interoperable real-time money transfer platform designed for a mobile-only world; the Minister added.
Dr Jitendra Singh lauded the role of the Capacity Building Commission, Office of Principal Scientific Adviser  to the Government of India, Indian Space Research Organization  for engaging with the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Economic Research  and Ahmedabad University to develop and deliver the ‘Building Science Leaders in India’ programme.
The Minister said, the ‘Building Science Leaders in India’ is a uniquely designed collaborative executive development programme for scientists who are leading labs or are likely to assume leadership roles and future directors of research organizations. He said, the program will hone the key competencies such as communication, design thinking and project management in scientists.
The first batch of the program has participation from 7 scientific departments under the government of India – DST, DBT, ISRO, DAE, CSIR, MoES and MoEFCC. The cohort approach is also aimed at ensuring scientists across the departments work with each other.
The program was designed in two phases- Phase 1 : Two days online program held on 7th and 8th September, while Phase 2 : Four days of the programme in-person program at ISRO Bangalore between 27th and 30th September.
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Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Directorate General of Shipping celebrates ‘World Maritime Day 2022’
International Maritime Organization has chosen the theme - “New Technologies for Greener Shipping” for the year 2022
Shipping Minister expresses confidence about modern technology leading towards greener shipping at a fast pace
Mumbai, 26 September 2022
‘World Maritime Day 2022’ was celebrated virtually today  in the presence of a huge number of stakeholders from the maritime industry, Government officials, Seafarers and their families in India and abroad. International Maritime Organization  has chosen the theme – “New Technologies for Greener Shipping” for the year 2022.
In a goodwill message, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and AYUSH expressed confidence that the advent of new and modern technologies will bring about major improvements in the maritime eco-systems and help us to progress towards greener shipping at a fast pace.
In a video message, Mr. Kitack Lim, Hon’ble Secretary General, IMO stated that new technologies for greener shipping opens up a larger conversation about shipping’s direction and how technology can be harnessed for a more sustainable future.
While addressing the gathering, Shri Amitabh Kumar, Director General of Shipping & Chairman, NMDC, Central Committee presented importance of the World Maritime Day and informed the developments made by the Government of India in the maritime field, particularly for Greener Shipping as well our future prospects. He touched upon various developments in relation to Maritime India Vision-2030, National Hydrogen Mission, National Policy on Biofuels, Regulatory regime for ship owners to pilot or adopt alternate fuels and technologies, adopting various study based futuristic policies to ensure smooth transition to Green Shipping through involvement in international initiatives such as Green Corridors with QUAD, IMO-Norway Green Voyage 2050, etc. He informed that India has been selected as Pioneer Pilot Countries  for IMO-Norway Green Voyage, 2050 project and also as the first country for piloting a green shipping project under Green Voyage.
Shri A. Sukumaran, Chief Surveyor  of DG Shipping Mumbai presided over the panel discussion on this year’s theme with the eminent panelists namely Shri Indra Nath Bose-Adviser GESCO, INSA, Mr Kristian Mogensen- MAN Energy Solution, Denmark, MS K.R. Anjana-General Manager, Cochin Shipyard, Shri Niteen Borwanker-CEO, SEZ, Jawaharlal Nehru Port and Shri Vikrant Rai, Engineer and Ship Surveyor, DG Shipping representing various maritime fields, including Ship owners, Engine Makers, Shipyards, Ports and Government. The discussion was followed by a Q & A session.
Shri Atul Ubale, Chairman, National Maritime Day Celebrations  Committee welcomed all dignitaries in the program, while Dr. Raut Pandurang, Member Secretary, NMDC  Committee presented the vote of thanks.| PIB Mumbai | SC/DR
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Ministry of Tourism
17.9% Growth in Foreign Exchange Earnings  in March 2018 over March 2017
Foreign Exchange Earnings  through tourism in India register good growth in March 2018
Based on the credit data of Travel Head from Balance of Payments of RBI, Ministry of Tourism estimates monthly Foreign Exchange Earnings  through tourism in India, both in rupee and dollar terms.
The highlights of the estimates of FEEs from tourism in India for March 2018 are as below:
Foreign Exchange Earnings  through tourism 
- FEEs during the month of March 2018 were Rs.17, 294 crore as compared to Rs. 14, 667 crore in March 2017 and Rs. 12, 985 crore in March 2016.
- The growth rate in FEEs in rupee terms in March 2018 over March 2017 was 17.9%, compared to the growth of 13.0% in March 2017 over March 2016.
- FEEs during the period January- March 2018 were Rs. 52, 916 crore with a growth of 15.5%, as compared to the FEE of Rs. 45, 819 crore in January-March 2017 with a growth of 13.6% over January- March 2016.
Foreign Exchange Earnings  through tourism 
- FEEs in US$ terms during the month of March 2018 were US$ 2.659 billion as compared to FEEs of US$ 2.224 billion during the month of March 2017 and US$ 1.938 billion in March 2016.
- The growth rate in FEEs in US$ terms in March 2018 over March 2017 was 19.6% compared to the growth of 14.8% in March 2017 over March 2016.
- FEEs during the period January-March 2018 were US$ 8.228 billion with a growth of 20.4% as compared to the FEE of US$ 6.833 billion in January- March 2017 with a growth of 14.4% over January- March 2016.
Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles loss of lives due to a bus accident in Pauri, Uttrakhand
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over the loss of lives due to a bus accident in Pauri , Uttrakhand. PM also wished speedy recovery of those who got injured in the accident.
The Prime Minister Office tweeted;
"The bus accident in Pauri, Uttarakhand is heart-rending. In this tragic hour my thoughts are with the bereaved families. I hope those who have been injured recover at the earliest. Rescue operations are underway. All possible assistance will be provided to those affected: PM Modi"
Ministry of Home Affairs
Union Ministry of Home Affairs  requests States and Union Territories  to direct police stations not to register cases under repealed Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs  has requested States and Union Territories to direct all police stations under their jurisdiction not to register cases under the repealed Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000. It has also asked the States and UTs to sensitize law enforcement agencies for the compliance of the order issued by the Supreme Court on 24.03.2015. The MHA has also requested that if any case has been booked in States and UTs under section 66A of the IT Act, 2000, such cases should be immediately withdrawn.
The Supreme Court in its judgment on 24.03.2015 in the matter of Shreya Singhal Vs. Union of India, had struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000. This made Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 null and void with effect from the date of the order, therefore 24.03.2015 and hence no action could be taken under this section.
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Ministry of Textiles
Cotton Corporation of India opens more than 450 Procurement Centres in all Cotton Growing State During 2020-21,
An amount of Rs. 26,700 Crores Disbursed to around 19 Lakh Cotton Farmers
In cotton season 2019-20 , Cotton Corporation of Indiaopened 423 procurement centre in 12 cotton growing states to safeguard the cotton farmers from distress sales. During Global Pandemic, CCI procured 20.72 lakh bales valuing Rs. 5615 crore from 4 lakh cotton farmers. However, during the entire cotton season 2019-20, CCI made a record procurement of 105.15 lakh bales  and an amount of Rs. 28500 crores was disbursed to around 21.50 lakh cotton farmers directly into their bank accounts. During current cotton season 2020-21 , CCI opened more than 450 procurement centres in all cotton growing state. CCI continued its procurement of cotton under MSP operations since beginning of season to avoid the eventuality of distress sale by farmers and has procured 91.89 lakh bales so far . CCI disbursed an amount of Rs. 26,700 crores to around 19 lakh cotton farmers.
To achieve the desired success in the Scheme for Integrated Textile Park ,Government of India provides financial assistance to a group of entrepreneurs to establish state-of-the-art infrastructure facilities in a cluster for setting up their textile units, conforming to international environmental and social standards and thereby mobilize private investment in the textile sector and generate fresh employment opportunities. Under SITP, Industry Associations, Group of Entrepreneurs and Agencies of the State Governments are main promoters of the Integrated Textile Parks . Special Purpose Vehicles  are formed by the representatives of the Local Industry, Financial Institutions, State Industrial and Infrastructural Corporations, and other agencies of State and Central Governments. The SPVs shall invariably be a Corporate Body registered under the Companies Act. The textile parks under various stages of implementations are reviewed by the PAC time to time.
This information was given in a written reply by the Minister of State for Textiles Smt. DarshanaJardosh in Lok Sabha today.